Hi Dave, Thanks for getting back to me.
This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not. To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both windows 7 and Ubuntu. This would at least mean that the systems can be reinstalled and your data retrieved if the worst should happen. combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both windows 7 and Ubuntu. This would at least mean that the systems can be reinstalled and your data retrieved if the worst should happen. - This is frustrating as all my install media are packed in a box which is being shipped from overseas. I would also suggest though that if you had no issues on Quantal but are in Raring that it may be a kernel issue. Just because it is stable for everyone else doesn't mean it is for that particular machine, So I would file a bug first and see if there is any news from that before you go all kung-fu on the bios/uefi system. "ubuntu-bug linux" in a terminal will file most of the information on a kernel bug for you. - I thought as much, but the first instruction under filling bugs is that you update your BIOS (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs) Anyway, i have now filed a bug ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1174275). If anyone has any other advice i'd welcome it. j On 29 April 2013 13:21, Dave Morley <davm...@davmor2.co.uk> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29/04/13 12:04, James Morrissey wrote: > > > This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not. > To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back > up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both windows 7 > and Ubuntu. This would at least mean that the systems can be > reinstalled and your data retrieved if the worst should happen. > > Ubuntu 64 bit supports both UEFI and secureboot so in theory there > should be no issues there. However grub is used differently in uefi > than it is on a normal system and you would need an efi entry for > Ubuntu and for windows 7 so efi acts as your os selector rather than grub. > > In saying all that it may work out of the box and you notice no real > different because efi also has a bios compatibility mode,called > legacy, that the system may enable by default and you be none the > wiser for it. > > I would also suggest though that if you had no issues on Quantal but > are in Raring that it may be a kernel issue. Just because it is > stable for everyone else doesn't mean it is for that particular > machine, So I would file a bug first and see if there is any news > from that before you go all kung-fu on the bios/uefi system. > "ubuntu-bug linux" in a terminal will file most of the information on > a kernel bug for you. > > - -- > You make it, I'll break it! > > I love my job :) > http://www.ubuntu.com > http://www.canonical.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlF+V9YACgkQT5xqyT+h3Oi9TgCfehkYGRmU5HrQfVJZYgdeEicz > SZEAoL2Oho0bBxhVj0GMHMQfeCl1QQjv > =IcKJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > www.ppeuk.org <http://www.peliteracy.org>
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